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Greg Lazarus
Greg Lazarus is the pen name of South African husband-and-wife writing duo Greg Fried and Lisa Lazarus. Greg Lazarus is the author of the novels ''Paradise'' and ''When in Broad Daylight I Open my Eyes'', and the couple have also published the memoir ''The Book of Jacob''. Life Greg Fried is a philosopher at the University of Cape Town, and holds a PhD from Trinity College. He has previously worked as an IT consultant, a business writer and a writer of school mathematics textbooks. Lisa Lazarus is a psychologist and freelance writer. She has a master's degree in educational psychology and a higher diploma in education, and recently completed her master's degree in creative writing the University of Cape Town. Greg Fried and Lisa Lazarus live in Cape Town, with their two sons. Works''Paradise'' (Kwela Books, 2014) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation. UCT is organised in 57 departments across six faculties offering bachelor's ( NQF 7) to doctoral degrees ( NQF 10) solely in the English language. Home to 30 000 students, it encompasses six campuses in the Capetonian suburbs of Rondebosch, Hiddingh, Observatory, Mowbray, and the Waterfront. Although UCT was founded by a private act of Parliament in 1918, the Statute of the University of Cape Town (issued in 2002 in terms of the Higher Education Act) sets out its structure and roles and places the Chancellor - currently, Dr Precious Moloi Motsepe - as the ceremonial figurehead and invests real leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or University of Oxford, Oxford. Trinity has some of the most distinctive architecture in Cambridge with its Trinity Great Court, Great Court said to be the largest enclosed courtyard in Europe. Academically, Trinity performs exceptionally as measured by the Tompkins Table (the annual unofficial league table of Cambridge colleges), coming top from 2011 to 2017. Trinity was the top-performing college for the 2020-21 undergraduate exams, obtaining the highest percentage of good honours. Members of Trinity have been awarded 34 Nobel Prizes out of the 121 received by members of Cambridge University (the highest of any college at either Oxford or Cambridge). Members of the college have received four Fields Medals, one Turing Award and one Abel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South Africans
This is a list of notable and famous South Africans who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Academics Academics *Estian Calitz, academic (born 1949) * Jakes Gerwel, academic and anti-apartheid activist (1946–2012) *Miriam Green, academic now living in England *Adam Habib, political scientist (born 1965) * Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, academic and politician (1894–1948) * Thamsanqa Kambule, South African Mathematician and Educator (1921–2009) *Tshilidzi Marwala, academic and businessman (born 1971) *Njabulo Ndebele, Principal of the University of Cape Town (born 1948) *D. C. S. Oosthuizen, philosopher, (1926–1968) * Adriaan N Pelzer, historian and Vice-Principal University Pretoria (1915–1981) *Michiel Daniel Overbeek, South African amateur astronomer and prolific variable star observers (1920–2001) * Pierre de Villiers Pienaar, pioneering role in speech language therapy and lexicography in South Africa (1904–1978) * Calie Pistorius, academic and Principal of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South African Writers
This is a list of writers from South Africa. A *Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004) *Peter Abrahams (1919–2017) * Rehane Abrahams (born 1970) * Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958) * Tatamkulu Afrika (1920–2002), born in Egypt *Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012) *Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014) * Diane Awerbuck (born 1974) B * C. Johan Bakkes (born 1956) * Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965) * Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016) *Jillian Becker (born 1932) *Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949) *Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825) *Lesley Beake (born 1949) *Mark Behr (born 1963), South Africa/Tanzania *Dricky Beukes (1918–1999) *Lauren Beukes (born 1976) *Steve Biko (1946–1977) * Troy Blacklaws (born 1965) *François Bloemhof (born 1962) *Elleke Boehmer (born 1961) *Stella Blakemore (1906–1991) * William Bolitho (1891–1930) *Diphete Bopape (born 1957) *Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951) *Alba Bouwer (1920–2010) *Johanna Brandt (1876–1964) *Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939) * André Brink (1935–2015) *Babe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
